peddle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ped·dle [peddle peddles peddled peddling] BrE [ˈpedl] NAmE [ˈpedl] verb
1. ~ sth to try to sell goods by going from house to house or from place to place
•He worked as a door-to-door salesman peddling cloths and brushes.
•to peddle illegal drugs
2. ~ sth to spread an idea or story in order to get people to accept it
•to peddle malicious gossip
•This line (= publicly stated opinion) is being peddled by all the government spokesmen.
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Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: back-formation from ↑pedlar.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch